Real Climate Science

Global warming, unlike religion, is not to be taken on faith. The so-called skeptics or deniers should not say their skepticism or denial is based on nonbelief. Global warming has nothing to do with belief or nonbelief.

Global warming, or global climate change, is based on observable scientific facts.

These facts are not in dispute by climatologists or other scientists who make a study of weather phenomenon their focus. Much was made of a petition signed by thousands of scientists who have little or nothing to do with climatology. That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.

As has been said many times by many people: “You may have your own opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”

Unfortunately, many people are taken by misinformed opinions spewed out as facts. Facts can be, and are, subject to interpretation and opinions. But starting with the same set of information provides a basis for discussion and, ultimately, action.

True enough, some areas in the United States experienced severe cold spells this past winter. It also is true many areas of the United States and the world experienced a very mild, even warm, winter. Sure, it might have been minus 20 in Rapid City, S.D., but at the same time, it was 110 in the shade in Rio de Janeiro.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/

The warmest temperature in Rio since December 1 of last year was 95F.

http://www.wunderground.com/

Last winter was the 37th coldest on record in the US, and the previous winter was the 15th coldest on record in the US.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/na.html

The next four or five weeks are the hottest of the year in Nuuk, Greenland. The farming forecast looks ideal. I can hear the tall corn crackling.

High temperatures look like Boulder, Colorado in February.

South Greenland’s chief agricultural advisor, Kenneth Hoeg, envisions a world where all of southern Greenland could have commercially viable vegetable farms and forests. On a recent visit to Qanasiassat he said “If it gets warmer, a large part of southern Greenland could be like this. If it gets a little warmer, you could talk about a productive forest with enough wood for logs.”

The new life in Southern Greenland is coming at the expense of northern Greenland’s vast ice sheet. The sheet covers 80% of the island and is melting rapidly, threatening the native way of life and a massive rise in sea level.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/

This is the southern tip of Greenland on June 23, 2011. No one is doing any farming here. The ground is covered with snow. The glaciers are not melting down. Sea ice is drifting down the coast.

How many stories have we heard in the MSM about global warming making farming viable in Greenland?

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/

Is there a ‘we’ in climate change? Or just an ‘I’?
Al Gore in a new article claims that controlling climate change is a collective struggle for Americans. Instead, it may be an individual opportunity for entrepreneurs.

http://www.csmonitor.com/

They told us during the Olympics last year that global warming had ruined skiing in British Columbia.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/sports/124311869.html

h/t to Dave G

An Aussie ski season filled with promise

http://www.news.com.au/

h/t to Dave G

http://query.nytimes.com/

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